Miller, Moore help Kings earn first road win

Dec 15, 2007 - 4:47 AM
PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- It's official, every team in the NBA
has now won on the road.

Brad Miller had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Mikki Moore scored
a season-best 24 as the Sacramento Kings earned their first
road win this season with Friday's 109-99 win over the
Philadelphia 76ers.

"I'm happy for us but, at the same time, this should not have
been our first road win," Kings coach Reggie Theus said. "I am
pleased because it was a total team effort."

The Kings entered winless in nine games away from Arco Arena,
just one shy of tying their longest road losing streak in club
history set during the 1997-98 campaign.

"It just feels good to finally be in a group of people with one
win, instead of being the only team with a zero," Miller said.

"I hope that the team learned why they won," Theus said. "We
played four good quarters of basketball. The way to win games
is by finding the open guy and moving the ball."

With only a two-point advantage in the third quarter, Sacramento
pulled away for good behind an 18-7 surge that was capped by
consecutive baskets from Miller and Moore to make it 77-64 with
3:17 left.

"We were assertive," Miller said. "They were doubling off Ron
(Artest) a lot. He was passing it out to the open man. Mikki
loves to dunk the ball, and I love to pass it. I just found him
in the right position to score."

"We played good team offense," Moore said. "Brad kept finding
the open guy. We would do an extra swing pass, and they would
get the ball to me in the post."

The Kings outscored the Sixers, 34-23, in the third period with
their last six field goals coming by either a layup or dunk.

"Two games before that, the last seven or eight shots were jump
shots," Moore said. "We've proven to ourselves that, if we do
stay aggressive, it will turn out all right."